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On the recordJanuary 16, 2024
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde- Smith), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schmitt), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) would have voted ``yea,'' the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) would have voted ``yea,'' and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) would have voted ``yea.'' The result was announced--yeas 72, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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